Mobile home destroyed by fire in Chillicothe

Tuesday

May 27, 2014 at 10:01 PM

Journal Star Staff

CHILLICOTHE — A Chillicothe firefighter was hospitalized briefly after a fire Sunday night that destroyed a mobile home.

Chillicothe fire crews were called shortly before 8 p.m. to the Pinewood Estates Mobile Home Park lot No. 61. They were joined by fire crews from Dunlap, Lacon, Henry and Princeville. The family living in the mobile home called in the fire and escaped without injury, said Chillicothe Assistant Fire Chief Greg Hurd.

One Chillicothe firefighter was overcome by smoke and taken to a hospital for precautionary reasons before being released a short time later. Crews did not clear the scene for a couple of hours after the initial blaze was brought under control to prevent it from spreading to nearby mobile homes.

Hurd said the mobile home was a total loss and the cause of the fire had not be determined Tuesday night.

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